The Energy Department recently announced more than $45 million for 38 new projects that accelerate the research and development of vehicle technologies.

Henkel recently announced it has inaugurated what is reportedly the world’s largest adhesives factory in Shanghai.

Celanese recently unveiled its International Impact Program, an employee volunteer program of the Celanese Foundation intended to help organizations and people around the world address economic, social, and environmental challenges.

BASF recently announced plans to build a polyurethane systems house in Geismar, La., in which polyurethane raw materials will be blended to deliver customized products to customers in the transportation, furniture, and construction industries.

Pilot Chemical recently announced that the U.S. National Luge Team will be in Cincinnati, Ohio, for the Pilot Chemical USA Luge Slider Search.

Growing deforestation leading to global warming has spurred the demand for efficient timber usage, which is in turn driving the global wood-based panels market.

A total of 291 metropolitan areas across the country now qualify as improving housing markets, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) for September.

E.W. Kaufmann Co., a KODA Distribution Group company, recently announced it has been appointed the newest distributor for Cabot Corp.

AkzoNobel has informed employees of its intention to streamline its organizational structure in the country.

Chemsultants International recently announced it has partnered with AWA Alexander Watson Associates to offer “The Introduction to Pressure-Sensitive/Self-Adhesive Technology Workshop 2013.”